#BB512C#BB512C

#BB512C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.146 H 39.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB512C
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 44)
HSL	hsl(16, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 76.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.80, 40.57, 41.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.80, 58.18, 45.78°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% 0.1136 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.146 39)
XYZ	xyz(23.8930, 16.6347, 4.3350)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB512C #2C96BB

analogous

#BB2C4F #BB512C #BB982C

triadic

#BB512C #2CBB51 #512CBB

tetradic

#BB512C #4FBB2C #2C96BB #982CBB

square

#BB512C #4FBB2C #2C96BB #982CBB

split-complementary

#BB512C #2CBB98 #2C4FBB

monochromatic

#582615 #893C20 #BB512C #D6724F #E19980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#BB512C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BB512C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB512C

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB512C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB512C	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb512c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.146 39.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78567',
    500: '#bb512c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb512c;
$custom-light: #d78567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb512c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.524,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56527,
    "c": 0.14631,
    "h": 39
  },
  "luminance": 0.16632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB512C

secondary

#79B5CA

accent

#BBE543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB512C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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